Starting today, please keep an eye out for kids crossing the road or near by. This is good just by itself but why is this important for our faith? While it's important to think about GOD, it's vital to also actively participate in life with expressions of our faith. Therefore, whenever you see a School Crossing sign, not only be aware, but also reflect on ways that you can actively walk with the Lord, applying your Christianity to your daily life and remember 3 John 1:4 . . . I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
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Every human being has found themselves wondering at some aspect of life, nature, the universe, art, or their own experiences and feelings. Such wonder has a benefit: It elevates us beyond our daily existence which often focuses on the pedestrian tasks of survival. Wonder causes us to reflect upon that which is larger than ourselves—specifically, the Person of God. That was true for the psalmist who wondered at how the God who formed the universe could also be mindful of him and his needs (Psalm 8).
The next time you find yourself enthralled with wonder, let your thoughts go to the Source of all wonder: God Himself. Enjoy the moment and give thanks to Him. We thank Dr. David Jeremiah for those words above, for they remind us of these words in Psalm 8:3-4 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, who are we that You are mindful of us? [David Jeremiah encourages us to consider] It has been said that difficulties don't determine who we are. Rather, they reveal who we are. Said another way, the same heat that softens butter can make mud hard as a brick. It all depends on how the thing being heated responds. The same is true with the human heart. Difficulties can soften one heart and harden another.
Consider Joseph and his time in Eqypt, and Daniel while he was in Babylon, both revealed their character to their pagan masters. Their difficulties caused the presence of God to be manifested through them. Learning of them and their lives, helps us to underdstand that troubles in life are normal. It is our response to trouble that will manifest Christ to the world - or not. And in thinking on this, they remind us of these words from Paul's writings - and yes, he too had his troubles in life as well. "Therefore, having being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God." Romans 5:1-2 |
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